FlyingGecko

No. While there are dozens of posts elsewhere on Briskoda about this, every garage I've spoken to over the years - and many manufacturers also say - new tyres go on the back. Whether front wheel, rear wheel, or all wheel drive. On the back. Yes, it seems to defy layman's logic, but that's what the professionals say. I think it's somewhere in the handbook too. It's not an issue about getting us to buy more tyres, the rubber still wears down at a given rate.

While you're all waiting for your cars to be built, I had an email from my local dealer offering to buy my Sept 2019 Karok SEL, 1.5 tsi, DSG, because they're short of stock. It's worth nearly £2k more than when I bought it 18 months ago. Problem is, I'd have to spend more again to get something newer, and it's on zero % HP - impossible these days. Yes, I know once the computer chip shortages are resolved that the market wil rebalance, bu that's a good year away and there'll still be some part of the uplift seen in used pricing

Well, yes, it's obviously a typo...

No, no, no - you've missed the point. billblacoe said £420K a month!

£420k a month ?!

Welcome! As others say - but try a couple of Chipsaway places - they can vary. Some operate it as a sideline to their larger bodyshop business and if you go direct to their premises to get a quote it could be worth it. If it's just paint and possibly some filler needed they might be able to be fixed without removal.

Hi Derwent, have a look back through the forum - there are numerous posts on this.

I found the roof cubby too small - never used it on my two Octavias nor this Karoq.

Eco mode and vRS are incompatible expressions !

Hi. Bog standard cruise control be fitted. My previous Mk3 SEL had it done - cost around £300 at my local dealer. Might be worth asking them to contribute something by way of goodwill, especially in view of the coolant and tyre pressure issues? Make a nuisance! You'll find decent mats in places like Home Bargains and B&M - dirt cheap and surprisingly good quality. Halfords have a good selection, and it's always worth a look at Ebay - some UK dealers sell OEM parts and accessories cheaper there.

The vRS is generally regarded by the muttering press as not a typical hot hatch, whatever the definition of that is these days. I'me excluding the likes of the Honda Fugly, Audi S3, Merc A45, and a Renault or two, all of which are in a different price bracket from (to?) the 245 vRS. And have ridiculous amounts of power. Better HH comparisons are the new BMW 128ti, Ford Focus ST, Hyundai i30N, Golf GTI, etc - all cars with around 250-280 bhp, and more importantly are compact hatchbacks. The extra length, wheelbase, and boot of the Octavia make it a very fast car more in the mould of a traditional GT - a Grand Tourer, designed to cover vast distances at high speeds in comfort. OK it's not a Bentley Continental, but among the cars I mention it's in a class of one. I did many long distance trips - 400 miles plus - four up with a week's luggage and my 220 vRS was perfect. It's certainly nowhere near the best for B road fun, it gives a fair showing on the winding A roads of Wales, and is as good on dual carriageways and motorways as the cars above. In short, it's not as chuckable as those others. But in its own way it's a thoroughly competent and enjoyable car. As others have said, try before you buy. (A final comment or two - all these front-wheel drive cars will suffer from wheelspin from a standing start, so you have to learn how to get a fast takeoff from traffic lights. Don't let that put you off the vRS. Oh, and get a petrol. It's not too thirsty, and better than the diesel - IMHO and experience, having driven my neighbour's diesel back to back with my petrol. The diesel's good, but the petrol's better.)

I've used Chester Towbars twice, for my Mk 3 Octavias. Same type of towbar. Excellent work. Only reason I haven't had one fitted on the Karoq is the price, I only use it for an occasional bike carrier and I can get two bikes in the car without removing the rear seats. Which is good, because they weigh a ton.

Exactly. Different horse for a different course.

Sad, I know, but I keep full records of fuel consumption. I ran a 1.4 140 BHP Octavia Mk 3 hatch five years ago. Over 15,300 miles it averaged 41.8 mpg. Having come from a Saab 2.3t with 220 bhp, I wasn't light on the Octavia's throttle. On three long trips away in the Octy, Cheshire to Kent and back for a few days, around 700 miles each time including plenty of pottering about, with four adults and a boot full of luggage, it averaged over 51 mpg each time. The best the Saab managed on the same trips was 37mpg.

Try some go-faster stripes too. Or this for £900. https://www.luxuryautohouse.co.uk/online-store/iXsound-ACTIVE-SOUND-EXHAUST-SYSTEM-p379382284 I can think of better ways to spend 170 quid.

I'll give it a go.

My late '19 1.5 TSi doesn't cut out unless I'm holding it firmly on the footbrake, if it's creeping on a trailing throttle is stays running. But there is a fraction of a second delay after lifting off the brake and hitting the accelerator before th eengine fires, no matter how fast I change pedals. IIRC on my previous 2014 Octavia vRS, perol DSG, as soon as I lifted off the brake the engine fired.

At least it falls readily to hand, and can find it without looking. Not buried away in a touchscreen. I switch it off when at roundabouts on my regular routes, it's like Death Race 2000 on some of them, but I generally leave it on.

Loads of fairly new and low mileage cars around the dealer network.

Wide enough for what? Overall the three seats will take three adults. The central "transmission tunnel" is a bigger problem, but that's also true of countless frontwheel drive cars. Yes, I know it's needed for the four wheel drive versions.

There are a few posts here and, I think, on the Octavia 3 forum, about having the cable between the screen and the A pillar to avoid the airbag bringing the cable with as it goes off. The issue is probably about what's likely to happen to the dashcam cable if the airbag actually goes off. Does it pull the cable with it, possibly pulling the cable out of the headlining and pulling the camera towards the passenger, or would the airbag direction not have the cable in its line of fire? My (admittedly non-professional) view is that whichever side of the pillar trim, the risk is about the same. No two accident impacts would produce the same result. So rather than remove any pillar trim I've got the cable tucked just under the edge of the rubber trim that runs down the pillar and therubber edge is just over the plastic pillar trim. The cable is actually not under the trim, just next to it. There's enough flexibility in the rubber to allow space for the cable. I think it's possible to tuck the cable down the windscreen edge too, and get it hidden enough from inside the car. From the outside, the black edging on the glass would hide any visible cable. There'll be a few more suggestions from other forum members later.

Driver's position in the car.

The article only mentions the controls for the satnav, not the OP's problem, which admittedly is faulty software. And these physical-control-free systems are across the industry, not just VAG, with Tesla probably the worst offenders. Their headlamp controls are in the touchscreen menus on the Model 3...

Yes, it does have a mind of its own, sometimes just wipes a dry screen because it wants to. Wait until you're driving and it starts to pour down, the wipers go into a frenzy, so fast they nearly fly off the screen.

Of course. I did know the active cruise radar's in the grille.